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A winning combination

A winning combination

A winning combination

04 December 2011

JONATHAN Morton has made a habit of coming up with unusual and fascinating combinations as artistic director of the Scottish Ensemble, and "Baltic Renaissance"…


Winter songs are band's free gift

Winter songs are band's free gift

Winter songs are band's free gift

01 December 2011

THOUGH Abagail Grey's new single isn't a Christmas song it's got the gift of giving all tied up. Released on Monday, the two-track single's called…


Carly lives teen dream

Carly lives teen dream

Carly lives teen dream

01 December 2011

SHE'S been singing since she was eight, was signed at her first record company audition and has a voice that's up there with idols Aretha Franklin, Janis…


One more time for Cressida

One more time for Cressida

One more time for Cressida

27 November 2011

OVER 40 years after calling it a day, prog-rockers Cressida are warming up for a one-off London show with an appearance in an Inverness pub. Tuesday’s…


Singing the praises of influential Canadian songwriters

Singing the praises of influential Canadian songwriters

Singing the praises of influential Canadian songwriters

27 November 2011

IT was a distinct lack of shoogling at a Shooglenifty gig that inspired Black Isle-based choreographer Frank McConnell to propose "The Shoogle Project". "I…


The Undertones a-Peeled to John

The Undertones a-Peeled to John

The Undertones a-Peeled to John

27 November 2011

FOR what he reckons must be the band’s Inverness debut, Undertones guitarist Damian O’Neill promises a better show than on their last Highland visit. That…


Just loving success

Just loving success

Just loving success

25 November 2011

JLS are busy boys. Trying to get them all into one room for a conversation is a difficult task.


Raw rockers head the bill in Elgin

Raw rockers head the bill in Elgin

Raw rockers head the bill in Elgin

23 November 2011

GLASGOW metal band Achren are the headline act at Flanagans Bar in Elgin next month.


Dennis is The 'Bone Director

Dennis is The 'Bone Director

Dennis is The 'Bone Director

22 November 2011

Jazz SOME musicians choose their instruments, but with others it seems as a though the instrument chose them. That seems to be the case with Dennis "Badbone"…


Glenn Squeezes out another cool gig

Glenn Squeezes out another cool gig

Glenn Squeezes out another cool gig

20 November 2011

BACK in the early days of the Belladrum Festival, when former Squeeze songsmith Glenn Tilbrook was playing a solo acoustic show, he found himself fighting…


Trouble Ahead as Festival Favourites Return

Trouble Ahead as Festival Favourites Return

Trouble Ahead as Festival Favourites Return

16 November 2011

SCHEDULED for their third appearance in the Highlands this year, Vintage Trouble’s Nalle Colt might be forgiven for thinking Inverness is very far away.


Lauded duo’s intimate Stables gig

Lauded duo’s intimate Stables gig

Lauded duo’s intimate Stables gig

13 November 2011

TWO of Scotland’s most reverved jazz musicians are joining forces in an intimate setting in the The Stables, Cromarty. Trumpeter and composer Colin…


Homework give album preview in Inverness

Homework give album preview in Inverness

Homework give album preview in Inverness

10 November 2011

A BAND with its roots in the Highlands and its base in Edinburgh, Homework are set to launch their second album, "All That Glitters". The much anticipated…


Adventurous and varied programming

Adventurous and varied programming

Adventurous and varied programming

06 November 2011

CONTEMPORARY music is never easy to sell to the generally conservative audience for classical music, but William Conway remains committed to the kind…


Moray teenage rockers hit the road

Moray teenage rockers hit the road

Moray teenage rockers hit the road

04 November 2011

?A MUSICAL community project in Buckie has helped a teenage rock band to record their debut album and plan for their first Scottish tour. Alternative…


Big band reworking of ‘Culloden Suite’

Big band reworking of ‘Culloden Suite’

Big band reworking of ‘Culloden Suite’

30 October 2011

GLASGOW-BORN saxophonist Bobby Wellins admits he is very excited at the prospect of two of his rarely-heard jazz suites from the 1960s being performed…


Ian delighted to find a new place to sing

Ian delighted to find a new place to sing

Ian delighted to find a new place to sing

23 October 2011

WHEN singer-songwriter Janis Ian was booked to play at Strathpeffer Pavilion, the American singer’s first question was a perhaps understandable: "Where?"…


Jazz on the menu at Supper Club

Jazz on the menu at Supper Club

Jazz on the menu at Supper Club

23 October 2011

THINK of jazz and it is the Mississippi rather than Merkinch which is most likely to spring to mind, but that could be about to change. Merkinch Community…


Trumpets in the drawing room at Brodie

Trumpets in the drawing room at Brodie

Trumpets in the drawing room at Brodie

18 October 2011

BRODIE Castle near Forres will come alive to the sounds of Simply Music this weekend.


Considered approach for band’s new album

Considered approach for band’s new album

Considered approach for band’s new album

16 October 2011

THE new album from Dundee’s Hazey Janes has been a long time coming, the band’s Andrew Mitchell admits, but it looks as though it was worth the wait. …


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